I was scheduled for a phone interview on a Thursday, a day before the July 4th long weekend. I had submitted my resume with an internal recruiter about 2 weeks before. Akamai really wanted to interview me, so the phone-interview took place. It was an hour long interview. The interview went very well. My interviewer was really satisfied with my replies. She also liked my work. Before the phone call ended, she even told that she is looking forward to meet me in person, and mentioned what I should be bringing in person. She also added that the next round would be easy and a non-technical round. There seemed a genuine interest. I was really excited, and I thought the prospect of me going to the in-person round was a definite thing. Then on next Tuesday (4 days later), I hear back from Akamai. I should appreciate their promptness. However the reply turned out to be a negative one. The mail said that my portfolio was not impressive enough. I really wonder what they saw before scheduling the interview. I am also confounded on what happened to the super-positive phone interview. I do not think they would have plenty of time in their hand to interview a candidate and then check the portfolio/resume. Well, this was my experience with Akamai. The lesson learnt were: do not get excited even when phone interview goes really really well. And corporate may check one’s resume after the interview.